In this survey, we explore Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality within social learning
spaces, such as classrooms and museums, while also extending into relevant social …

Recently interest has grown in applying activity theory, the teading theoretica! approach in
Russian psychology, to issues of human computer interaction. This paper analyzes the …

HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks provides a thorough pedagological survey of the
science of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). HCI spans many disciplines and professions …

This tutorial introduces participants to Activity Theory, a conceptual approach that provides a
broad framework for describing the structure, development, and context of computer …

This paper examines the theoretical and practical problems that arise from attempts to
develop formal characterizations and explanations of many work activities, in particular …

Since the mid 1980s, activity theory has been explored as a basic perspective on human-
computer interaction (HCI). In order to understand why this form of HCI came into being, let …

With few exceptions the solitary animal is, in any species, an abnormal creature… The
dominant principle of social life is not the struggle for existence, but cooperation… If we …

In this article we present the design choices and the evaluation of a batch scheduler for
large clusters, named OAR. This batch scheduler is based upon an original design that …

This book is the first to directly address the question of how to bridge what has been termed
the" great divide" between the approaches of systems developers and those of social …

There are major geopolitical challenges for human-computer interaction (HCI): there may be
little or no global HCI knowledge with a shared approach and identity; Western HCI theory …